In my "No GAP" models there were no GAPs at all, two topside beams were made for displacement checking. For other 4 beams ("GAP Compression Stiffness" and "GAP Tension Stiffness") I turned the GAPs off but they were considered.
According to QRG for PGAP KB should be used for contact stiffness...
Hi, thanks for your reply!
Actually I don`t need the initial gap. The idea was to model a support which should be more stiffer in one direction than in another one. If I use the 0.1 gap it seems like there is no contact because the diflection of the beam is 0.02021 - much fewer than initial...
Hello!
I have some issues with GAPs in my test model.
I test the behavior of Gap elemens in tensile and compressive loading. So, there is the fixed beam with the force 100N on the free end. Also that end is supported with the GAP element.
First I have modeled the beam without the gaps to get...
